Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Activision’s Bobby Kotick, and Sony’s Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC’s bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal  —  Microsoft is sending CEO Satya Nadella, Xbox chief Phil Spencer, and many other Xbox executives to defend against its Federal Trade Commission … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neesha A. Tambe / TechCrunch: Render, which provides developers cloud-based services for hosting code, deploying web apps, and more, raised a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners  —  Cloud platform startup Render closed a $50M series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.  Additional participation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password  —  You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password  —  You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi, who sold Xnor.ai to Apple for ~$200M in 2020, departs to become the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s CEO  —  Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple’s machine learning initiatives … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Toronto-based Rose Rocket, which sells SaaS tools for trucking companies, raised a $38M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $69M  —  In 2015, Justin Sky, Justin Bailie and Alexander Luksidadi — all veterans of the trucking and logistics industry … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Google updates Chrome on iOS with a new mini Google Maps view and an option to add Calendar events by tapping a date on a site, and promises Google Lens support  —  Google is adding some more features to its Chrome iOS browser to tempt iPhone users away from Safari. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Roblox now lets eligible creators build mature content experiences for users 17 and up, who must verify their age with a picture of a government ID and a selfie  —  – Roblox announced eligible creators can build experiences featuring mature content for users aged 17 and older. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Streams Charts: Twitch’s new Partner Plus program, which offers a 70/30 revenue split, will benefit just ~1,066 Twitch partners, or ~2.5% of the 71,000+ total  —  Only a thousand people qualify for Twitch’s Partner Plus program, which will give streamers 70% of subscription revenues, according to Streams Charts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password  —  You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support. Lees verder op Tech Meme